Below are some additional resources for you to check out on the various aspects of blockchain technology. Feel free to browse through or use the browser search feature (Ctrl or Cmd + F) to search for key words!
Table of Contents
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Glossaries
Newsletters
Blog Sites
Blogs and Twitter Threads
YouTube Channels
Smart Contract Development
Data Analytics and DeFi Tools
Decentralized Exchanges and Chain Explorers
Real World Use Cases
Regulation and Ethics
Data and Storage
In these glossaries, you will find all of the necessary terms you should be familiar with in the blockchain space.
This is a glossary full of terms you should be familiar with in the blockchain ecosystem that is maintained by the Ethereum Foundation.
This glossary focuses more on financial terms and contains a lot of DeFi-related terms to become familiar with.
Newsletters are a great way to keep up to date with the blockchain space in a simple fashion. Below are a few great newsletters that provide great insight on a daily/weekly basis.
A very beginner-friendly and easy to read newsletter that talks about daily events in the crypto space and uses simple language to explain concepts. Their website also contains a ton of useful articles and information.
- Frequency - daily
Lists articles and Twitter threads with a brief description of each one - great for finding interesting Twitter threads and interesting threads about specific projects and concepts.
- Frequency - daily
A great resource for top things to watch for in Decentralized Finance - contains a lot of interesting projects worth watching and some great Twitter threads. Their website also contains a lot of useful resources.
- Frequency - weekly
Messari - Unqualified Opinions
Gives brief overviews on the state of projects as well as new governance proposals, and has a featured article that goes more in depth about a featured topic - more data focused.
- Frequency - daily
Contains options for a daily newsletter with general coverage and specific letters for: Data and Insights, Deals and Investments, Ecosystems, and Policies.
- Frequency - daily (except Data and Insights - weekly)
Below are some great blog sites for finding advanced knowledge about the blockchain space.
This is a decentralized publishing platform that allows users to create and share content on the blockchain.
This is a popular blogging platform that covers a wide range of topics, including blockchain and cryptocurrency.
This is a site that provides news and analysis on the decentralized finance ecosystem.
This is the website for Andreessen Horowitz's cryptocurrency-focused investment fund and has interesting reads on blockchain topics.
RIG is an Ethereum Foundation research team dedicated to the study of protocol mechanisms with the lens of game theory, mechanism design, crypto-economics, formal methods and data science.
This is a Notion page that provides a reading list on various topics within blockchain.
Below is a collection of interesting blogs and Twitter threads about various topics within the blockchain space.
This thread contains a ton of specific research tools to navigate Web3 and how to use them.
This is a blog post on Coinbase that provides a list of projects and startups that the author believes would be worth building in the current cryptocurrency ecosystem.
This Twitter thread provides a ton of resources for how to effectively research DAOs.
This Twitter thread serves as a great guide on how to effectively research early stage projects, as well as how to evaluate them to determine if they are good investments.
The Chainlink site is a great educational tool for data within blockchain and contains a lot of useful guides and resources for learning how to use oracles.
How Bitcoin Ordinals can Change the Future of Mining
This article covers the rise of Bitcoin Ordinals, or NFTs on the Bitcoin network.
This is a quick Twitter thread of some innovative new ways blockchain can be used for various industries.
Below are some great YouTube channels to check out that contain a ton of information about blockchain.
This is a great YouTube channel with tons of videos on all things related to DeFi.
The Milk Road podcast is a great addition to the daily newsletter and they release episodes daily about crypto news. The podcast is also available on Spotify and Apple Music.
This channel posts daily updates on crypto markets and everything you should know about the DeFi space.
This channel is similar to altcoin daily but also contains a ton of explainer videos to introduce you to blockchain concepts.
Below are some great resources to learn about smart contract development and get started with Solidity, the main smart contract development language.
This DAO offers free classes to introduce you to Solidity and shows you how to build your own dApps from scratch.
Patrick Collins YouTube Channel
This channel offers tons of different courses that you can follow along with for smart contract development.
This is another online resource that contains tons of development courses.
What is a smart contract - Chain link
This Chainlink article is a technical breakdown of how smart contracts work.
Smart Contract Development Tools Twitter Thread
This Twitter thread contains a ton of useful smart contract development tools and how to use them.
This is a GitHub repository of how to develop in the EVM environment.
A beginner's intro to coding zero-knowledge proofs
This blog offers a beginner’s guide to developing ZK proofs.
This GitHub repository offers a ton of different cryptographic primitives and how to code them.
Below are a ton of resources for conducting blockchain analytics, a lot of which were mentioned throughout the course.
This site provides a starter kit for ERC and EIP development on Ethereum by listing all of the available standards and what they do.
Crypto project market cap tracker
This site contains a map of a ton of current projects in the crypto space and breaks them down into distinct categories to provide an all-in-one view of the space.
This site contains all listed cryptocurrencies currently on the market, their prices, exchanges they are on, contract information, and further readings. A very similar site is Coin Gecko.
This site contains all of the financial information about projects, and tracks the crypto space from every aspect, including volume, fees, liquidations, transparency, and hacks.
Token Terminal is a platform for analyzing crypto projects and their token economics.
Dune Analytics is a platform for exploring, visualizing, and sharing data on the Ethereum blockchain using SQL to build custom queries.
DeBank is a web3 social platform that allows you to message other users and see what they are holding in their wallets.
This screener tracks all of the token pairs, their volume, liquidity, and market cap.
This is an interactive site that demonstrates how hashes, blocks, and data distribution works on blockchain.
This is a report on the state of cryptocurrency by Andreessen Horowitz that provides data and analysis on various aspects of the crypto industry.
This is a site that provides a landscape view of the decentralized finance ecosystem and all of the applications used for each layer of the ecosystem.
This site shows upcoming unlocks for crypto projects and the amount of tokens being unlocked.
This is a site that provides data and analysis on various cryptocurrency pairs.
This is a DeFi project that focuses on yield optimization and tracking liquidity, which is useful for liquidity providers on DEXes.
This is a great dashboard for tracking your portfolio and creating trading plans.
This is a crypto cash-out tool that can convert your crypto to USD.
This is a tool for dumping multiple crypto currencies at once.
Below are some of the most popular decentralized exchanges, explorers, and cross chain bridges. Keep in mind that not all DEXes and bridges contain the networks you need so it’s important to check if it has the network you need. These DEXes also contain liquidity pools to open up liquidity positions.
Main DEXs
- Uniswap
- Sushiswap (exchange and bridge)
- Pancakeswap
- Trader Joe
- Curve DEX
- Raydium
- Balancer
- Aerodrome
Explorers
- Blockchain.com - Bitcoin
- Etherscan - Ethereum
- Polygonscan - Polygon
- Arbiscan - Arbitrum
- Optimistic - Optimism
- Snowtrace - Avalanche
- BscScan - Binance
- Era - ZKsync
Bridges
Below are some articles covering how blockchain technology is already being applied today.
In the Ukraine War, Stellar Aid Assist Is Using Crypto to Give Mass Aid
The linked article discusses how Stellar Aid Assist is using stablecoins to provide humanitarian relief in the Ukraine War.
Crypto should be perfect for Argentina's currency nightmare. So why aren't more people using it?
The linked article discusses why more people in Argentina aren't using cryptocurrency despite its potential benefits for the country's currency issues.
Solving the Stablecoin Question: Stablecoin Functionality
The linked site provides a solution for the stablecoin question by discussing different stablecoin functionalities.
Tokenization And The Future Of Finance: Unleashing The Power Of Blockchain In Global Markets
The linked Forbes article discusses how tokenization can unleash the power of blockchain in global markets and the potential for it in global ventures.
5 Companies Using Blockchain to Change Travel
The linked article discusses five companies that are using blockchain to change the travel industry.
El Salvador one step closer to bitcoin bonds after law passage
The linked article discusses how El Salvador has taken a step closer to issuing bitcoin bonds after passage of their new digital acts laws.
Building a Transparent Supply Chain
The linked article covers how to use blockchain technology to build a transparent supply chain.
The Case for Fully On-Chain Games
This is an article on Medium that argues for the benefits of fully on-chain games
Expanding the Web3 Gaming Ecosystem
This is an article on CoinDesk that covers the partnership between Immutable and Polygon Labs to expand the Web3 gaming ecosystem.
Unlocking Proof of Humanity with Non-Financial NFTs
This article covers how to use NFTs as a means of creator content within social media.
Stablecoins: The Next Financial Platform
This is a briefing on stablecoins, providing an overview of the different types of stablecoins and their use cases.
Below are some articles that cover how regulations can be applied to the blockchain industry to make it more effective and regulated for better use.
Regulating Crypto: How we move forward as an industry from here
This article covers some of the regulatory needs for crypto.
The Need For Trustless Systems
This article covers the importance of having trustless systems in place in order to avoid business malpractice.
After FTX: How Congress Is Gearing Up to Regulate Crypto
This article covers the impact of the collapse of FTX and how it illustrates the need for regulation in the blockchain space.
Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Converted Over $1B in Crime-Linked Assets, Europol Says
This article covers how exchanges can facilitate money laundering activities and how it’s important to have proper regulation in place to avoid this from happening.
CBDCs: More Than You Wanted To Know
This article covers the idea of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), their pros, and cons.
Below are some articles about projects within the decentralized storage space and how they are being developed.
Blockchain Project TON Enters Crypto Storage Market
This article covers the introduction of the TON blockchain and its potential to be used for data storage.
The Only Safe Way to Store Crypto
This article covers how to securely store cryptocurrencies and other digital assets to avoid any incidents or hacks.
Token Incentivized Physical Infrastructure Networks
This article covers the role of DePIN, or decentralized physical infrastructure networks, and how they compare to the current Internet of Things (IoT) system.
Binance’s BNB Chain to Offer New Decentralized Storage System
This article covers the Binance Smart Chain and how they are developing a decentralized storage alternative.